5-8 Lesson Objectives

Index of Lesson Objectives of Books 5 - 8.
Click on links to read representative lessons.

Addictions
8 – A Life Changes

Bullying
5 - I Am Valuable
6 – Quit Picking on Me
7 – Brendan and the Bullies

Cheating
5 – Righting a Wrong
6 – My Best Friend?
7 – No Fair

Civic duty
8 – Civic Duty

Cliques
5 – A True Friend

Commitment
7 – A Loyal Friend?

Community
8 – I Belong to a Community

Compassion
8 – The Gift

Competitiveness
5 – It’s Okay to Be in Second Place

Conflict-Resolution
6 – Peacemaking
8 – Resolving Conflicts

Conscience
6 – The Voice
7 – Finding Your Way Home

Cooperate
5 – Learning to Cooperate the Hard Way
8 – Cooperation

Coping
7 – A New Friend
8 – A Life Changes

Courage
5 – Over the Edge with “Brave” Bob
7 – Brendan and the Bullies

Diplomacy
6 – Getting Along with Others

Disappointment
5 – You Can’t Always Get What You Want

Empathy
6 – Finding My Real Value

Failure
8 – The Loser

Fairness
7 – No Fair

Family
6 – My Role in My Family
7 – Family or Friends?

Freedom
8 – “I Hate You, Mom and Dad”

Friendship
5- Suzy’s Skills
6 – My Best Friend?
6 – Far-Away Friend
6 – A Good Friend
7 – A New Friend
8 – Family or Friends?

Generosity
8 – Giving

Good organization
5 – Me and My Things

Gratitude
6 – An Attitude of Gratitude

Habits
7 – Going Nowhere Fast

Health
7 – Everything’s Changing

Helping at home
5 - Time with Mom and Dad
6 – The Cramers Get It Right

Heroism
5 – Over the Edge with “Brave” Bob

Honesty
7 – The Best Policy

Humility
7 – The Dark Horse

Infatuation
8 – Opposites Attract”

Integrity
7 – Who Am I?

Judgmental
7 – Could I Have Been Wrong?

Legacy
5 – Making Grandfather Proud

Loyalty
5 – Suzy’s Skills
7 – Friends and More Than Friends
7 – A Loyal Friend?

Motivation
5 – The Melting Pot

Patience
7 – Mike and the Model Airplane

Peer Pressure
7 – Joey’s Dare
8 – Pablo’s Choice
8 – Saying “No”

Perfectionism
6 – Mr.”Perfect”

Perseverance
5 – Don’t Give Up!
6 – Tommy the Tortoise

Pollution
8 – The World Around Us

Popularity
8 – Who’s the Loser Now?

Pride
5 Don’t Let Pride Stand in Your Way

Puberty
7 – Everything’s Changing

Purposefulness
7 – My Purpose in Life

Respect
5 – Teacher’s Pet
6 – Respect Me
7 – Could I Have Been Wrong?

Responsibility
6 – What Is Precious to Me
7 – Billy Blows It
8 – “I Hate You, Mom and Dad”

Restitution
6 – The Voice

Rewards
5 – Grades Do Count

Romance
8 – Opposites Attract

Sacrifice
6 – Tommy the Tortoise

Self-Discovery
7 – My Inner World

Self-Worth
6 – Mr. “Perfect”

Selfishness
6 – Getting Along with Others

Sexuality
8 – Dangerous Attraction
8 – The Drive

Sportsmanship
5 – It’s Okay to Be in Second Place
7 – No Fair

Stealing
5 Doing the Right Thing

Stress
6 – Handling a Hurricane

Talents
8 – The Gift

Tattling
6 – A Good Friend

Trust
7 – Friends and More Than Friends
7 – Billy Blows It